The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 37 (2002)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 37

"Some Seventeenth-Century French Painted Enamel Watchcases"

Vincent, Clare

2002

18 pages

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Clare Vincent

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The Rape of Europa and Mercury and the Three Graces, Lambertus Vrythoff, Case and dial: enameled gold; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued, French, probably Paris case with Dutch, The Hague watch — The Rape of Europa and Mercury and the Three Graces
Lambertus Vrythoff
case ca. 1645, movement ca. 1750

Watch, Jacques Goullons French, Case and dial: painted enamel on gold with brass hand; Movement: gilded brass and partly blued steel, French, probably Paris — Watch
Jacques Goullons
ca. 1645–50

Watch, Jacques Goullons French, Case and dial: painted enamel on gold; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued, French, Paris or Blois — Watch
Jacques Goullons
ca. 1645–50

Scrapbook, Simon Vouet French, Engraving — Scrapbook
Simon Vouet
n.d.

Meleager and Atalanta, François Chauveau French, Etching — Meleager and Atalanta
François Chauveau
1643

Hunt of the Caledonian Boar, Auguste Bretoneau, Gold, painted enamel, French, Paris or Blois — Hunt of the Caledonian Boar
Auguste Bretoneau
ca. 1645–50

Plate 76: Atalanta and Meleagar Killing the Wild Boar (Calidonius ab Atalanta aper primo vulneratus a Melagro interimitur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'

Antonio Tempesta

1606

Watch case, Christophe Morliêre French, Metal, enamel, French, Paris or Blois — Watch case
Christophe Morliêre
ca. 1645–50

Title Plate, from Livre Nouveau de Fleurs Tres-Util, Nicolas Cochin French, Etching — Title Plate, from Livre Nouveau de Fleurs Tres-Util
Nicolas Cochin
1645

Horizontal Panel with a Row of Flowers Above a Frieze with a Battle Scene in a Landscape, from Livre Nouveau de Fleurs Tres-Util, Nicolas Cochin French, Etching and burin — Horizontal Panel with a Row of Flowers Above a Frieze with a Battle Scene in a Landscape, from Livre Nouveau de Fleurs Tres-Util
Nicolas Cochin
1645

Horizontal Panel with a Row of Flowers Above a Frieze with a Hunting Scene in a Landscape, from Livre Nouveau de Fleurs Tres-Util, Nicolas Cochin French, Etching and burin — Horizontal Panel with a Row of Flowers Above a Frieze with a Hunting Scene in a Landscape, from Livre Nouveau de Fleurs Tres-Util
Nicolas Cochin
1645

Horizontal Panel with a Row of Flowers Above a Frieze with Figures in a Landscape, from "Livre Nouveau de Fleurs Tres-Util", Nicolas Cochin French, Etching and burin — Horizontal Panel with a Row of Flowers Above a Frieze with Figures in a Landscape, from "Livre Nouveau de Fleurs Tres-Util"
Nicolas Cochin
1645

Plate 1, from "Le Massacre des Innocents" (The Massacre of the Innocents), Jacques Callot French, Etching and engraving; first state of two (Lieure) — Plate 1, from "Le Massacre des Innocents" (The Massacre of the Innocents)
Jacques Callot
ca. 1617–18

Traveling watch, Auguste Bretoneau, Silver, enamel, gilt, French, Paris — Traveling watch
Auguste Bretoneau
ca. 1650